1 And Abraham * h85 journeyed * h5265 h8799 from thence toward the south * h5045 country * h776, and dwelled * h3427 h8799 between Kadesh * h6946 and Shur * h7793, and sojourned * h1481 h8799 in Gerar * h1642.
2 And Abraham * h85 said * h559 h8799 of * h413 Sarah * h8283 his wife * h802, She is my sister * h269: and Abimelech * h40 king * h4428 of Gerar * h1642 sent * h7971 h8799, and took * h3947 h8799 Sarah * h8283.
3 But God * h430 came * h935 h8799 to Abimelech * h40 in a dream * h2472 by night * h3915, and said * h559 h8799 to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man * h4191 h8801, for the woman * h802 which thou hast taken * h3947 h8804; for she is a man's * h1167 wife * h1166 h8803. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband
4 But Abimelech * h40 had not come near * h7126 h8804 her: and he said * h559 h8799, Lord * h136, wilt thou slay * h2026 h8799 also a righteous * h6662 nation * h1471?
5 Said * h559 h8804 he not unto me, She * h1931 is my sister * h269? and she * h1931, even * h1571 she * h1931 herself said * h559 h8804, He is my brother * h251: in the integrity * h8537 of my heart * h3824 and innocency * h5356 of my hands * h3709 have I done * h6213 h8804 this. integrity: or, simplicity, or, sincerity
6 And God * h430 said * h559 h8799 unto him in a dream * h2472, Yea * h1571, I know * h3045 h8804 that thou didst * h6213 h8804 this in the integrity * h8537 of thy heart * h3824; for I also withheld * h2820 h8799 thee from sinning * h2398 h8800 against me: therefore suffered * h5414 h8804 I thee not to touch * h5060 h8800 her.
7 Now therefore restore * h7725 h8685 the man * h376 his wife * h802; for he is a prophet * h5030, and he shall pray * h6419 h8691 for thee * h1157, and thou shalt live * h2421 h8798: and if thou restore * h7725 h8688 her not, know * h3045 h8798 thou that thou shalt surely * h4191 h8800 die * h4191 h8799, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech * h40 rose early * h7925 h8686 in the morning * h1242, and called * h7121 h8799 all his servants * h5650, and told * h1696 h8762 all these things * h1697 in their ears * h241: and the men * h582 were sore * h3966 afraid * h3372 h8799.
9 Then Abimelech * h40 called * h7121 h8799 Abraham * h85, and said * h559 h8799 unto him, What hast thou done * h6213 h8804 unto us? and what have I offended * h2398 h8804 thee, that thou hast brought * h935 h8689 on me and on my kingdom * h4467 a great * h1419 sin * h2401? thou hast done * h6213 h8804 deeds * h4639 unto me that ought not to be done * h6213 h8735.
10 And Abimelech * h40 said * h559 h8799 unto Abraham * h85, What * h4100 sawest thou * h7200 h8804, that thou hast done * h6213 h8804 this thing * h1697?
11 And Abraham * h85 said * h559 h8799, Because I thought * h559 h8804, Surely * h7535 the fear * h3374 of God * h430 is not in this place * h4725; and they will slay me * h2026 h8804 for my wife's * h802 sake * h1697.
12 And yet indeed * h546 she is my sister * h269; she is the daughter * h1323 of my father * h1, but not the daughter * h1323 of my mother * h517; and she became my wife * h802.
13 And it came to pass, when God * h430 caused me to wander * h8582 h8689 from my father's * h1 house * h1004, that I said * h559 h8799 unto her, This is thy kindness * h2617 which thou shalt shew * h6213 h8799 unto me; at every place * h4725 whither we shall come * h935 h8799, say * h559 h8798 of me, He is my brother * h251.
14 And Abimelech * h40 took * h3947 h8799 sheep * h6629, and oxen * h1241, and menservants * h5650, and womenservants * h8198, and gave * h5414 h8799 them unto Abraham * h85, and restored * h7725 h8686 him Sarah * h8283 his wife * h802.
15 And Abimelech * h40 said * h559 h8799, Behold, my land * h776 is before thee * h6440: dwell * h3427 h8798 where it pleaseth * h2896 * h5869 thee. where...: Heb. as is good in thine eyes
16 And unto Sarah * h8283 he said * h559 h8804, Behold, I have given * h5414 h8804 thy brother * h251 a thousand * h505 pieces of silver * h3701: behold, he is to thee a covering * h3682 of the eyes * h5869, unto all that are with thee, and with all other : thus she was reproved * h3198 h8737.
17 So Abraham * h85 prayed * h6419 h8691 unto God * h430: and God * h430 healed * h7495 h8799 Abimelech * h40, and his wife * h802, and his maidservants * h519; and they bare * h3205 h8799 children .
18 For the LORD * h3068 had fast * h6113 h8800 closed up * h6113 h8804 all the wombs * h7358 of the house * h1004 of Abimelech * h40, because * h1697 of Sarah * h8283 Abraham's * h85 wife * h802.